The Mythical Path of a Princess from a Destroyed Kingdom

Neither of the two, who had been engaged without ever meeting, felt any ill will towards each other. As time passed, Lenia realized that it was getting late and quickly got up to say goodbye to Ronald.

Once she boarded the carriage and left the palace, Maginos finally relaxed completely. It would be a lie to say she had no worries about her identity being discovered; she was certain that if her identity were exposed, a large group of people would immediately come to arrest her.

"I thought His Highness would be a cold and unapproachable person, but it seems you don't need to worry, Miss."

As Catherine massaged Lenya's thighs, she spoke. Inside the carriage, the maid removed the girl's shoes and gently rubbed them through her white furry socks. Lenya, whose soreness had eased somewhat, lay in the carriage with her lips slightly chapped.

"So tiring. I never knew being a prince's wife was so tiring. I wonder if it will be even more tiring if I become a queen in the future~~."

Lenia was exhausted both mentally and physically. As soon as she got home, she lay down on the bed and received a massage from her maid. She wouldn't be able to rest tomorrow, and she wouldn't be taking a vacation for the next few months.

She had to maintain her best demeanor every day when facing the nobles of the capital, so they wouldn't think of her as a country bumpkin.

"Ugh……"

Sighing deeply, Lenya buried her face in the pillow and asked, "Where's Mine?"

"Miss Mine has already gone out; she said she has something to do tonight."

……

The plan can begin.

Let me see the first target.

The girl, who had been waiting for a long time, looked at the empty street, opened her Death Note, and pointed her index finger at the name of the first and easiest person to deal with in the Crystal Salt Kingdom.

He was not a nobleman, but a wealthy merchant who voluntarily provided food. Even if he died, it wouldn't cause too much of a stir, at least not initially.

Maginus raised her hand and gently stroked her cheek, which had returned to normal. After thinking carefully, she finally took out a blank mask from her dimensional bag and put it on her face. Then she put away her notebook and wiped her long scarlet hair with both hands.

The scarlet color gradually deepened, eventually turning into a rich blackish-red, and the red was barely noticeable unless you looked closely.

Having completed her "disguise," the girl looked up at the still-lit study, flicked her arm to reveal her Nen Blade, aimed at the figure reflected through the window, and forcefully swung her arm to throw the Nen Blade!

The short sword slashed through the wooden window and pierced the back of the wealthy merchant's head. The obese merchant, who was enjoying the services of his maid while dealing with account books, slammed his upper body hard onto the desk.

Realizing something was wrong, the maid wiped her mouth and looked up, only to see a pair of eyes that were hard to close.

"Ahhhh!"

A scream rang out. Maginos clenched her fist, but felt no pleasure in revenge, no, not even the pleasure of killing.

This guy died too easily; he didn't even get a scream.

Uncharacteristically, Maginus did not smile after the murder; his eyes were filled with irritation. He took out the Death Note and a pen, crossed out the wealthy merchant's name, and pointed the pen to the next nobleman's name.

With her left fingernails tearing at her neck and spine, the girl closed her notebook and ran to the next spot, not even bothering to conceal herself. The murderous intent she unleashed chilled the patrolling officers to the bone.

On the very day that the multiple murders occurred, many night watchmen reported seeing a shadowy figure flash by, carrying a wild, murderous intent.

……

Is the person not home?

Upon arriving at the mansion owned by the target, Maginus found that he was not there. She noticed a maid walking past the open study window. A fierce glint flashed in the girl's eyes, and she couldn't wait to interrogate the maid about her master's whereabouts.

There's no need for that. Go find his wife.

Reminding herself not to kill innocent people indiscriminately, Maginus rushed into the study, knocked out the maid, and was about to break down the door and rush into the bedroom to find the noblewoman when she slowly stopped in front of the door.

Hunting...

She remembered the hunting-related power she had recently acquired. Could she use this power to locate that nobleman?

In order to strengthen his weakened family, the nobleman took the initiative to join the war against Nesery. The weapons he carried must have been used in bloodshed, and such symbols of honor are usually hung in the study, living room, corridor and other places.

Looking up at the surrounding walls, Maginus quickly spotted two slender curved blades. She twitched her nose and widened her pupils, mainly relying on her sense of life.

The world the girl perceived had changed; the faint smell of blood emanating from the scimitar made her sneer.

The road bend smelled of chicken blood, which meant that the nobles continued to slaughter chickens even after coming down from the battlefield.

Regardless of the nobleman's motives, Maginus took a deep breath of the blood, leaped out of the window, and ran wildly through the street like a wolf that had caught the scent of blood.

Following the red line she sensed, the girl arrived at a secluded alley in the residential area. Following the bloodline, she saw it eventually extend into a house and slip into a window crack.

mistress?

There was only one possibility for nobles to sneak into private residences. Maginos spotted a window on the third floor, leaped up, and quickly climbed upwards, grabbing whatever she could hold onto—the window frame, the earth and stones, the clothesline.

He rushed to the third-floor window, blocking out the moonlight. The nobleman, lying in bed smoking after their lovemaking, noticed the room had suddenly darkened and instinctively looked out the window.

Crimson eyes, filled with murderous intent and amusement, stared intently at him through the crack in the window.

The nobleman, who had been on the battlefield but hadn't actually killed many enemies, panicked and kicked off the covers, trying to get up.

Maginus raised her hand and slammed it against the window. The loud noise woke the sleeping woman, but before she could see the mask on the girl's face, a sharp pain in her neck caused her to faint.

Pushing down the window, she stepped on the nobleman's abdomen, knocked the woman unconscious, and turned to look at the nobleman, whose back was arched due to severe abdominal pain. She removed her mask and grinned at him with a sadistic smile.

The nobleman's eyes widened at the sight of some familiar faces. He wanted to beg for mercy, but he only felt a stinging pain in his palm and couldn't help but howl out.

Maginus excitedly conjured a psychic blade, inserted it into his mouth, and stirred it continuously, shouting in a forced, low voice, "Don't rush! You will all get what you deserve, but you're really unlucky; I've already found you!"

The nobleman was completely unable to make a sound. Maginus pulled a short sword from his mouth and severed his tendons in his hands and feet, starting from the extremities and continuously letting the blade fall, leaving the little nobleman riddled with holes.

Blood sprayed in all directions, and she absorbed much of the blood that stained the surrounding area. However, she did not extract all of it. Instead, she created the illusion of an attack by undead creatures, causing the blood and corpses to quickly become foul.

Chapter 151 The Monster Who Likes to Eat Nobles

"Miss, there's big news! Two nobles died in the city last night, and it's causing quite a stir. It seems like it was done by undead creatures!!"

As Lenia was being manipulated by her maid, she slightly tilted her eyes. Catherine, who had run back from outside, shouted loudly, and what she said piqued Lenia's interest.

"Could you tell me the specifics?"

It turned out that the first person to come out was the mistress of a deceased nobleman, who was running out of her house in a panic and fear, barely clothed, and incoherently pointing at her broken windows and saying something.

She uttered words like "monster," the nobleman's name, blood, and corpses. Upon learning this, the soldiers immediately took the mistress, who was wrapped in clothes, back to her house, only to find a nobleman who was no longer human.

The autopsy confirmed that his injuries were caused by a short sword, but the time of death, according to normal testing, was more than ten days ago, which means that he had lost a lot of his life force.

If we exclude the spellcaster, then it was an undead creature that drained his life force.

Coincidentally, they soon found several other victims in the city: two nobles and one wealthy merchant. Three people died in one night. The death of the wealthy merchant was nothing, but the death of the nobles was shocking.

So far, they still haven't figured out what exactly killed them. Based on the testimony of the night patrolmen, the killer used a short sword, was extremely fast, seemed somewhat insane, and drained life force...

The Royal Capital Security Forces have temporarily focused their efforts on vampires and humanoid undead creatures, as the range of monsters is simply too vast. Most importantly, the three bodies and even their souls have not provided any further clues.

Some sorcerers tried to communicate with the deceased to awaken the remaining soul energy within the corpse in order to seek information, but unfortunately, the corpse did not want to speak to them.

Some spellcasters tried to communicate with spirits to see if they could find any of the three souls that had not yet flowed into the River Styx, but they failed. It seemed that they had all left the prime material plane and fallen into the River Styx, no longer responding to the call of spells.

The security forces sent hunters to look for clues, but the scene was too smelly, and the "murderous monster" seemed to be able to walk on the walls and was wearing flat shoes, which made it impossible for the hunters and hunting dogs to track it. The clues disappeared halfway through the tracking.

Of course, there are hunters who can find criminals based on the slightest clues, but unfortunately, the capital city doesn't have any.

After hearing the story, Lenia asked, "So it might be an unsolved case?"

“Yes, if that monster stops attacking, it will probably become an unsolved case,” Catherine waved her hand vigorously, clearly not believing that the monster would stop attacking. “But it’s an undead creature, you know. They will definitely attack people again because they are hungry!”

"This is the behavior of undead creatures. The problem now is whether this undead creature likes to drain the life force of nobles."

A calm voice rang out as Maginus leaned against the doorway and made a hypothesis, as if what happened last night had nothing to do with her.

The brutal killing of two nobles and a wealthy merchant brightened the girl's mood; though it wasn't visible on her face, she did feel much more relaxed.

"Huh? It only absorbs the life force of nobles?"

The maids, guards, and even Lenia couldn't help but glance at Maginus, the adventurer. She nodded slightly and explained:

"Even excluding the diluted ancestral bloodline, nobles who eat very well possess a vitality that is hard for commoners to match, and their vitality is delicious to undead creatures."

"For example, if a commoner and a nobleman run off to opposite sides, the zombies will chase the nobleman first and abandon the commoner."

"Miss Mine, how do you know so much?"

A young maid looked at the girl with adoration. Maginus glanced at her and gently raised her hand; the wound on her fingertip reopened, and red mist rose and swirled around her fingertip.

"My abilities are similar to those of undead creatures; I consume a lot of life force, and the life force of nobles is indeed more delicious."

"Alas!"

The little maid was startled, and the others looked at Maginus with some horror. She withdrew her hand expressionlessly and said, "Don't worry, even if I'm going to eat, I'll eat Lady Lenya first."

"Hehe, if you're going to eat me, remember to let me take a shower first, okay?"

After turning around in front of the full-length mirror, Lenya, fully dressed, carefully made her way down the stairs, looking somewhat troubled.

Today she is going to meet Earl Teraltolan, who is one of the most powerful earls in the capital and controls the country's finances. He himself is not a problem, but what troubles the young lady is his daughter.

Alice Tolan, Benedict and Lenia had said that this guy liked Ronald and had already publicly confessed his love to Ronald Faston.

The prince politely declined her offer, but Alice Tolan did not give up at all, and even publicly announced that she would challenge Ronald's fiancée.

Oh, that fiancée is really unlucky~.

If it weren't for myself, I would probably say that.

Composing herself up, Lenia prepared herself for Alice Toran's targeting and boarded a carriage to head to the Toran family's manor.

"I wonder what methods those guys will use to deal with me. They shouldn't go too far, right?"

Lenia asked Maginus, then the girl turned back and said, "I don't know, I've never experienced anything like this before, but since Alice Tolan dared to confess her love in public, she's probably a lawless person..."

It's not impossible that they might give you a hard time halfway through.

She didn't finish her sentence. Maginus instinctively looked up ahead and heard panicked shouts coming from outside the car.

"Get out of the way! My horse is out of control! Get out of the way!"

Maginos opened the side door and climbed onto the top of the carriage. Looking out, she saw a well-dressed man riding a seemingly mad horse straight toward the carriage on the wide road.

The horse didn't go berserk; it was the man who forcibly pulled it this way.

Observing the man's engorged arms, the girl was certain of this. She carefully observed the man, constantly recalling whether such a person existed in the capital. In the end, she chose to hold her protector tightly, keeping the danger at bay.

Captain Jess was not present for this trip; only a few guards were protecting the carriage. Given their speed, they were unlikely to stop this guy rushing towards them halfway, and they would inevitably have to fight him with swords.

This guy might have been sent by Alice Toran. If Lenia really turns her sword against this man, she might run into some trouble.

However... she only needs to attack the horse.

Maginos slightly withdrew her protector, her scarlet eyes meeting the horse's gaze.

Chapter 152 Hitting Someone?

Sonorous!

The blade and scabbard made a crisp clinking sound, and Maginus lightly touched the ground with her toes and leaped off the carriage, instantly arriving beside the man on horseback.

Without glancing at the astonished man, the girl stared at the restless horse, brandishing the longsword she had just drawn from its sheath. A flash of silver light, and the next second, blood gushed from its neck.

The horse was still moving forward by inertia and was about to collide with Maginot, who had just landed. Her arm muscles began to exert force, and her very delicate arms directly pressed against the junction of the horse's forelegs and neck.

Instead of retreating when she felt the pressure, the girl glanced sideways at the seemingly panicked man on horseback, suddenly pulled back her arms, mustered all her strength, and pushed forward, flipping the entire horse off!

The difference in size created a visual impact. The man on horseback was amazed by the girl's strength. The horse overturned, and he immediately used his legs to push off the stirrups in an attempt to jump away.

Just as he was about to escape danger, the man sensed an extremely dangerous gaze. He looked up and saw Maginus gripping her longsword and staring intently at him, as if to say, "Don't get off your horse, or you'll be killed instantly."

Would she dare to make a move in broad daylight?

The young man couldn't help but think of it, but his body shrank back as he hooked his feet on the stirrups to keep himself from falling off the overturned horse. As the horse fell, he also understood the source of the red-haired girl's confidence.

You have the ability to jump off a fallen horse very quickly, but you don't have the ability to make the horse turn around at a distance or force it to stop by crashing it into a wall?

That's possible, but the young female guard in front of him could clearly use this question to deflect blame for killing him.

It's illogical that this guy could jump off his horse so quickly, yet fail to notice the horse's madness in time, or be able to pull the runaway horse back and force it to stop. He was clearly after Miss Lenya from the start.

That's probably what the guards would say, and yes, that's reasonable and well-founded.

As he figured everything out, the young man Alice Tolan had sent to cause trouble was indeed lying on the ground, with the horse on top of him. Although it wouldn't cause him any serious injury, he still felt uncomfortable.

He could clearly sense the killing intent directed at him subsiding. Seeing that he no longer had a reason to act, Maginus loosened his grip on the longsword slightly, sheathed it, and walked to the headless horse corpse, pulling the young man out.

Catherine, representing Lenia's personal maid, quickly came out. Maginus, as her bodyguard, stepped back a few paces and watched the two negotiate for a moment. The young man expressed his apology and gratitude, while Catherine maintained her smile.

The two sides separated, and the horse carcass and head were taken away. Once the two returned to the car, Lenya asked impatiently, "What happened?"

"That fellow is probably a nobleman's illegitimate son, sent by Alice Tolan to cause you trouble. Humph, damn it..."

Catherine pursed her lips, but since nothing had happened, it was best for both sides not to bring the conflict to the forefront. Alice Tolan was shameless, but Miss Cleria was concerned about her reputation.

Maginus trimmed her nails with her mind-blade, offering no protest against Catherine's attempt to settle things peacefully. As the saying goes, things don't happen more than three times. She could tolerate the first time, but the second time... well, the girl doubted whether Catherine could hold out that long.